All of my classes are from 4:40 to 7:10PM. It feels like a really long time. It’s over dinner and it’s hard to stay awake. My saving grace is the few instances when we can get out early. I recently had one of those days.Those extra 15 minutes were like a glimmer of hope. I was drowning in research, boring questions and pointless worksheets. Those 15 minutes were my life preserver…and they were quickly dashed away by a little group I like to call Suck-Ups.

I’m sure they’re in your classes too. They sit in the front. They ask last minute questions. They actually do the reading, even the optional chapters. They send links and articles to the professor. Some of you may be thinking, “Those people are just good students.” And yes, the aforementioned habits are something good students and Suck-Ups share. The difference is in the intentions. Good students do those things to better themselves and learn the material. Suck-Ups do it so the professor will notice and give them a good grade or a reference.

You’d think this behavior would stop in high school, or at least the early stages of undergrad, but I think it gets worse. I am currently in my first year of grad school and I’ve never seen such devious behavior. Today my instructor told us he received an e-mail from a concerned student telling him people were on Facebook during class.

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The theme of last night’s episode was a little too obvious, don’t you think?

Not only did it metophorically revolve around high school with all of the silly drama between the residents (Izzy and George acting awkward and talking about each other), but victims of a high school bus crash along with Bailey’s high school crush were conveniently thrown into the mix.

Come on, people. We’re not idiots.

Regardless, I got to thinking about all that “high school” behavior. Does the petty chit-chat, back stabbing, or popularity contest ever end? Even as we move on from those good old four years of social scarring, we experience the same sh*t in college. Hello sorority life! How ya doing, roommate d-rama?

And as we graduate into “adulthood” (a.k.a. a more responsible extenstion of college since the partying never really stops), we find ourselves in work environments where people, especially the ladies, are as caddy and self-motivated as ever.

I think we all believe (or hope) that at some point the friends talking behind each other’s backs, getting in fights over guys, or selling out for one’s own benefit will dissipate over time. But sadly, as someone who has been in the working world for almost three years now, I can tell ya it doesn’t. Read More »